Teddy
- Pronunciation
- [Te-ddy]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Abbreviation Of Theodore.
- Origin
- English
Teddy Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 33,321 baby boys have been named Teddy. The name peaked in 1949 with 613 US births that year (rank #264). In 2024, ranked #898 nationally — 634 places below its 1949 peak.
Top States for Teddy
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Teddy births are: New York (2,292), Texas (2,205), California (1,993).
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5-Letter Names Starting with T
Names with Teddy's exact length and starting letter: Taavi, Taban, Taber, Tabia, Tabor.
Quick Facts About Teddy
US Popularity History (2023–2025)
Annual US births named Teddy by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 301 boys named Teddy (boy rank #823 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Teddy Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Teddy the strongest states are Massachusetts, Utah, Oklahoma.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | #600 | 43 |
| 2 | Utah | #626 | 29 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | #647 | 20 |
| 4 | Kentucky | #754 | 15 |
| 5 | North Carolina | #807 | 33 |
| 6 | New York | #816 | 69 |
| 7 | Minnesota | #819 | 24 |
| 8 | Louisiana | #870 | 16 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Louisiana | #870 | 16 |
| 2 | Minnesota | #819 | 24 |
| 3 | New York | #816 | 69 |
| 4 | North Carolina | #807 | 33 |
| 5 | Kentucky | #754 | 15 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | #647 | 20 |
| 7 | Utah | #626 | 29 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | #600 | 43 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Teddy in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie | Abbreviation Of Names Beginning With Ed- Like Edward And Edmond. | Male | English |
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Compare Teddy to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Teddy against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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